Worst Gift Ever?

[wambam]

My mom gave me Depends once. It was a joke.

We got holiday-themed dish towels. They were pretty tacky looking and we would have used them not in the kitchen, but they were some kind of crazy voodoo towels that don't absorb anything. Like the water droplets would just sit on top of the fabric.

[oliveyou]

My ex's mom clearly thought that I should cook more for her son, so she gave me a cookbook for Christmas. I should add that she liked me and we got along, but she was very old school in thinking that I should do all the cooking, cleaning, etc. So I opened it, stared at it for a second and handed to my ex and said (brightly) "Oh, this must be for you!"

[CurlyQ284]

In 2008 DH got me a hard drive.

A few years after that he got me a shit load of tupperware, wrapped individually, a pair of crocs and a pair of croc boots (BOGO y'all). ETA and a movie that started with the same letter of a movie I did ask for. I don't remember the titles but I opened it, looked at him in confusion and he said "Ohhhhhh! You wanted X Z, not X Y! Oops!"

I know, spirit of giving and all but I couldn't hold it in and I cried on Croc Christmas.

[callmehales]

i got something similar to this from my mom's coworker, who has literally known me my entire life.  and is VERY concerned with appearances and seeming "cool".



it was a wedding present.  my mom doesn't go to church, neither do we.  but my middle name IS faith....

[wambam]

Oh, how could I forget?

My sister paints glassware for every gift she gives. And it's...bad. And you can't use anything because you can't wash anything per her instructions. They're only decorative.

One year, my sister did give my H a really nice tool belt and got me nothing. Nary a card or candy cane. Just nothing.

[ECB]

WHen I was a kid, I got a set of hideous gold chains from my aunt. Clearly so cheap. A couple weeks later I'm at a gas station w/ my dad. I see the exact same set for sale - AT THE GAS STATION - for $10.

LOL.

[killercupcake]

My mom's cousin gave us a bad check for a wedding gift. Lol

[wampuscat]

My exMIL gave me the Twilight board game...

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H's aunt gave me a child's wallet from Dollar Tree. We use it to prop up an uneven table leg.

[deanlicker78]

A two pack of suntan colored pantyhose with one pair missing. Given to me by my dad's mom when I was 14.

There was the year my exH gave me a tool box for all of the tools that I did not own.

[specialk]

I remember posting about this in bewilderment when my MIL gave this to me.

[papie]

My aunt and uncle gave us church icons for our wedding. HUGE ones. Like this.




My MIL gave me an ink cartridge for Christmas one year. IT WAS DH WHO SUGGESTED IT. I cried when he told me. WTF? Do you even know me? (That was like 10 years ago, he has learned since)


My aunt likes to give random cheap flower/vases/rocks assortments for no occasions. It's hard to then explain why it is not displayed in my home.

My cousin (aunt's son) once gave my two daughters a preserved rose in a glass with sand. Open. They were 2 and 5. That was weird. They lasted a while, with them throwing the coloured sand around as "pixie dust" and then finally at some point they broke them thank god.

Like this but with coloured sand:

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MIL gave me a sweater similar to this one a few Christmases before DH and I were married. It was almost enough to make me turn down his proposal:



This one is almost cute by comparison. The piece d'resistance? The cat had an actual bell attached that jingled. 

[MarmeeNoir]

An open package of 3x granny panties.

[MarmeeNoir]

Nov 18, 2015 14:52:22 GMT -5 wampuscat said:

My exMIL gave me the Twilight board game...

I may or may not have that game....

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Nov 18, 2015 15:04:14 GMT -5 MarmeeNoir said:

An open package of 3x granny panties.

My MIL always gives me and my two SILs granny undies each year in our stockings. WTF?

[vicky]

xh gave me a pair of crotch less panties and a candy cane shaped glass dildo for Christmas one year. I I was like...... K?

[adhdfashion]

A crystal encrusted teddy bear brouch. I was 13. Thanks Grandma.

[wambam]

Nov 18, 2015 15:06:26 GMT -5 vicky said:

xh gave me a pair of crotch less panties and a glass candy cane shaped glass dildo for Christmas one year. I I was like...... K?

Huh.

Do I dare ask questions about this?

[franklin]

I got rotors for my car #ratchet set @astrid.

[rockpaperscissors]

My now H gave me a box of nicotine patches on our first Christmas as bf/gf when we were dating. I opened them in front of his elderly grandmother who I had just met the night before. He says it was because I had mentioned I wanted to quit smoking. It was the strangest and worst gift he's ever given me and I tease him about it every chance I get.

[kirra]

Decorated Christmas kitchen towels. I checked the washing instructions, they said the dryer was fine. I put it on low just in case. The decorations melted. Cleaning that up was fun. And I got a whole stack of them.

[Bernadine]

I got a dickey from xh's grandparents.

[wambam]

Nov 18, 2015 15:14:10 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

I got a dickey from xh's grandparents.

This woman terrifies me.

Also, I love this thread.

[vicky]

Nov 18, 2015 15:07:38 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 18, 2015 15:06:26 GMT -5 vicky said:

xh gave me a pair of crotch less panties and a glass candy cane shaped glass dildo for Christmas one year. I I was like...... K?

Huh.

Do I dare ask questions about this?

Apparently it's available on amazon for less than ten dollars!


And it's called a pleasure wand on there, lol.

[wambam]

Nov 18, 2015 15:16:06 GMT -5 vicky said:

Nov 18, 2015 15:07:38 GMT -5 wambam said:

Huh.

Do I dare ask questions about this?

Apparently it's available on amazon for less than ten dollars!


And it's called a pleasure wand on there, lol.

But...anatomy

[vicky]

Nov 18, 2015 15:17:51 GMT -5 wambam said:

Nov 18, 2015 15:16:06 GMT -5 vicky said:

Apparently it's available on amazon for less than ten dollars!


And it's called a pleasure wand on there, lol.

But...anatomy

I don't know. I never used it, lol.

[thedude]

FIL and his then gf gave me a tie dye shirt that was meant to be "fitted and stylish" (per the gf), along with an old fleece. Both were several sizes larger than what I normally wear, which would be nbd except she said "oh, I remembered you as being much heavier. Guess you were just having a really bad fat day when we met." Exact words. So weird that we never became besties.

[knx9211]

My mom once panicked because my brother had more presents than me (What?) and wrapped up a box of tampons for me to open. She now does it every single year.

My ex once thought that I sent him a cat hair in an envelope, but I think I've told that story before.

[Bernadine]

Last year, h got me a little trash can for my car and a hook thing for my purse that attaches to the headrest.   :^)

I can't complain much though, because generally, he's a much better gift-giver than me.  He's super thoughtful.